October 11, 2009

Meet Quincy

Last January or February, I can't remember now, my other little birdie named Lucie, died. We decided not to get another little one since we were going on a long trip in the summer, and we just wanted a little time to pass in between getting another bird. Yesterday, on a beautiful sunny fall day, we hopped in the car and went to our favorite bird store and chose this little cutie.The very knowledgeable owner told us it was a little boy bird. That means that you can train them to talk. The female parakeets can talk, but not very much. We are all excited to teach him all kinds of words and to become a part of the family. Today he is a little shy and getting use to his surroundings, but we can tell that he is going to be a fun pet. He seems to not be bothered or frightened easily, which is good for training.I'll keep you all posted on his progress.

Such a handsome little fella! Hope you have fun with him. We had parakeets growing up and one in particular "Sam" was such a hoot. My Dad had him trained like you wouldn't believe. He didn't even have a cage. They found a tumbelweek and thook off all the thorny bits and Sam would perch on it and my Dad would wiggle his finger and Sam knew that was his que to fly over and land on Dads finger :)